校編號

109001-2

專利名稱

METHOD, NETWORK CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING A FLOW FROM A SENDING END TO A RECEIVING END BY MULTI-PATH TRANSMISSION

專利類型

發明

公告日期

2023/09/19

年費到期

2027/03/19

證書號

US 11,765,071 B2

發明人

陳永昇、柯志亨、金台齡

專利介紹

A method for facilitating a flow from a sending end to a receiving end by multi-path transmission is introduced. The method is applied to a network controller of a software-defined network. The software-defined network includes a plurality of switches. The switches execute packet forwarding from the sending end to the receiving end. The method includes: executing, by the network controller, operations, so as for a flow from the sending end to reach the receiving end by multi-path transmission using a plurality of network paths, so as to enable the multi-path transmission to be transparent to the sending end and the receiving end. The network controller is, according to the method, configured to facilitate a transmission mechanism for multi-path stochastic switching or a transmission mechanism for multi-path stochastic switching with network coding, so as to enable multi-path transmission of the packets in one single flow and thus enhance transmission performance.